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System module
editSystem module
editThe System module allows you to monitor your servers. Because the System module
always applies to the local server, the hosts
config option is not needed.
Dashboard
editThe System module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
Example configuration
editThe System module supports the standard configuration options that are described in Specify which modules to run. Here is an example configuration:
metricbeat.modules: - module: system period: 10s metricsets: - cpu - load - memory - network - process - process_summary #- core #- diskio #- socket processes: ['.*'] process.include_top_n: by_cpu: 5 # include top 5 processes by CPU by_memory: 5 # include top 5 processes by memory - module: system period: 1m metricsets: - filesystem - fsstat processors: - drop_event.when.regexp: system.filesystem.mount_point: '^/(sys|cgroup|proc|dev|etc|host|lib)($|/)' - module: system period: 15m metricsets: - uptime
Metricsets
editThe following metricsets are available: